Odds

* Senator Lloyd Bentsen died today. He's the one that gave a political bitch slap to Dan Quayle during the Vice President debate of 1988.

Senator, I served with Jack Kennedy, I knew Jack Kennedy, Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you are no Jack Kennedy.

Read the transcript.
If I remember correctly, I actually saw the debate on TV. Yes, I watched political debates when I was 14. I think that comment floored me, and I've been watching presidential debates since then in the hope I'd be able to see another instance like that. No luck so far.
* I have begun reading Love in the Time of Cholera, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. It might be more accurate to say I've started carrying the weight of Love in the Time of Cholera in my work bag. Haven't had a chance to read too much of it just yet, but it's in my bag, so when the opportunity presents itself... It's one of those books that makes you think, right? I've not read one of those in a while...hopefully my head won't start hurting.
* Given tonight's performances, I think Taylor won American Idol. That debut single that Kat had to sing was blech. It's the kind of song that makes radios long for self-determination and free will so that they can turn themselves off.